Shine: Limited Edition Gold Colour Vinyl LP Blue Note My role for so long

My role for so long was to be a backup percussionist

made quite the first impression with frantic stand-up bass

and out comes a song like “Maps” or “Zero” or the latest addition to their canon

The title Give Way is a nod to the Australian counterpart to the United States Yield sign

The album consists of seven compositions

Shine: Limited Edition Gold Colour Vinyl LP Blue Note My role for so longA band out of time, Crime & the City Solution were perennial outsiders who could not rest in their native Australia, and instead found inspiration in the colder climes of London and Berlin. Their mesmeric, expressive music evolved through many incarnations and a great deal of adversity. The first incarnation of the band appeared in 1977 78, in the midst of Australias nascent punk scene and re grouped in London in 1984 with Simon Bonney being joined by